Le Futur OBJECTIVES Saying what you are going to do

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1 Le Futur OBJECTIVES Saying what you are going to doUsing the immediate future and the simple future

2 You have learned lots of verbs in the present tense.They are all very useful when you want to talk about what is happening now, or every day.But you may want to talk about things that haven’t happened yet, that are in the future.

3 Je vais + manger – I am going to eat One way of doing this is to use the immediate future (in French the futur proche).This is really easy.All you do is take the present tense of the verb aller (to go) and put an infinitive on the end.Je vais – I go / I am goingJe vais + manger – I am going to eatBut do you remember the verb aller?

4 Decide if what you hear is a future or not and then in the box provided write what you hear in French and the translation in EnglishAnswers appear one by one on mouseclick.Check

5 Decide if what you hear is a future or not and then in the box provided write what you hear in French and the translation in EnglishAnswers appear one by one on mouseclick.

6 LE FUTUR simpleNow another way of saying things in the future is to use:LE FUTUR SIMPLE

9 Il/Elle/On –a Ils/Elles -ontLE FUTUR simple2. Verbs ending in IRTake the infinitive (the form of the verb you find in the dictionary)example: (to finish) = finirAdd the same endings as you would for –ER verbs:Je –ai Nous -onsTu –as Vous -ezIl/Elle/On –a Ils/Elles -ont

10 I will finishje finiraiYou will finishTu finirasHe will finishIl finiraShe will finishElle finiraWe will finishNous finironsVous finirezThey will finishIls/elles finiront

11 3. Verbs ending in RE Take the infinitive (the form of the verb you find in the dictionary) example: (to sell) = vendre get rid of e = vendr Add the following endings:Je –ai Nous -onsTu –as Vous -ezIl/Elle/On –a Ils/Elles -ont*Yes, they’re the same endings as for –ER and –IR verbs!

12 I will sellje vendraiYou will sellTu vendrasHe will sellIl vendraShe will sellElle vendraWe will sellNous vendronsVous vendrezThey will sellIls/elles vendront

15 There are some verbs which do not follow this pattern; here are some of them:Etre (to be) je seraiAvoir (to have) j’auraiFaire (to do/to make) Je feraiAller (to go) J’iraiPouvoir (to be able to) Je pourrai

16 Infinitivestemfuturetranslationallerir-j'iraiI will gocourircourr-je courraiI will rundevoirdevr-je devraiI will be obliged toenvoyerenverr-j'enverraiI will sendfairefer-je feraiI will dofalloirfaudr-il faudrait will be necessarymourirmourr-je mourraiI will dieobtenirobtiendr-j'obtiendraiI will obtainpleuvoirpleuvr-il pleuvrait will rainpouvoirpourr-je pourraiI will be ablerecevoirrecevr-je recevraiI will receivesavoirsaur-je sauraiI will knowtenirtiendr-je tiendraiI will holdvenirviendr-je viendraiI will comevoirverr-je verraiI will seevouloirvoudr-je voudraiI will want

17 Common stem spelling changes: Verbs with spelling changes like appeler, employer, and acheteradd -r to the present tense je form to create their future stemspresent tensestemfuturetranslationj'appelleappeller-j'appelleraiI will callj'emploieemploier-j'emploieraiI will usej'achèteachèter-j'achèteraiI will buyOther -er verbs verbs with spelling changes includingpréférer, manger, and commençer have regular future stems.More verbs with irregular stems used to form the futur simple.

18 Click on the link to practice and do all the exercisesModule 3.Extension exercises.

19 Match the English and the Frenchcet étépendant les vacancesce soiren juilleten aoûtdans quelques moisdans une semainela semaine prochainele mois prochainle week-end prochainthis eveningnext weekthis summerin a weeknext weekendduring the holidaysin a few monthsnext monthin Augustin JulyCFAJIGAnswers appear one by one on mouseclick.DBHECONTINUEYou will probably want to make your sentences more interesting by saying exactly when you plan to do something, so you may find the following time expressions useful. Can you find the English for each one on the right?

20 Match the English and the Frenchcet étépendant les vacancesce soiren juilleten aoûtdans quelques moisdans une semainela semaine prochainele mois prochainle week-end prochainthis eveningnext weekthis summerin a weeknext weekendduring the holidaysin a few monthsnext monthin Augustin JulyCFAJIGAnswers appear one by one on mouseclick.DBHECONTINUEYou will probably want to make your sentences more interesting by saying exactly when you plan to do something, so you may find the following time expressions useful. Can you find the English for each one on the right?